Apple Watch Ultra: Scuba Diving with Oceanic Plus App 🤿

The Oceanic Plus app turns the Apple Watch Ultra into a dive computer, dive planner, dive tracker and more. We tested it out with a full day of diving in the Pacific.
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0:00 Intro
1:32 Pre-Dive Planning
2:36 Dive 1
4:39 Dive 2 & 3
6:08 Post-Dive Data
7:23 Snorkel Test
8:55 Final Thoughts

[JesseOrrall]

Thanks for watching everyone! Divers sound off: Apple Watch Ultra or standalone dive computer? If dive computer, which one? Let me know down below 🌊

[scdoDgyBoy]

Great video! Thank you.

Been diving with the Ultra and Oceanic myself now for 5 months. Same issues mentioned seem to persist.
• Ending a dive with the dive summary mid dive. Oceanic can start the dive automatically, but please let me end it. Thank you very much.
I use my dive computer for the compass, navigation, deco calculations, safety stops, safe ascent rates, the whole 9 yards so to speak. A dive that prematurely ended mid dive at 35m(115ft) is catastrophic.
• Also, a one time indemnity is perfect, but asking me to confirm that “I am fit and ready to dive” every single time before a dive, is very cumbersome and unnecessary.
• Conservatism settings are not customisable enough and should allow more freedom.
• Scrolling with the Digi Crown is finicky but manageable. Unfortunately repositioning the watch over a wetsuit under water inadvertently scrolls the crown every time. I would prefer to rather utilise the side button to scroll through the screens one press at a time.
• I would also consider more functionality via combination presses. i.e. action button & side button pressed together could bring up a full screen compass and any press of action button or opposite button can return me to the “Home Screen”
•Make combination presses programmable to chose what you would like the command to do.
Altogether the potential of this device and future devices can be great, functionalities such as gas pressure integration, deeper than 40m dives, more freedom in conservatism settings & Trimix dive options will be amazing.
The bright screen is easy to read and the minimalist design is great for me (subjective I suppose) and for it to be a phone, daily watch, music player and so much more all-in-one is unreal, we are truly living in 2023.
But for the Ultra to be considered a real player in the dive computer market they will have to address the issues pointed out in your video and the bullets above.

[ylihao]

You can disable "Wrist Detection" if you know you'll be wearing the Ultra over a wetsuit, that way it won't keep asking you to enter the passcode

[spacecadet]

This is the FIRST product I’ve seen that brings the software subscription sickness to the Apple computer community.

[GadgetyMV]

Truly excellent video and testing. Kudos for the 56 degree dive. Apple should make it optional to defeat the pass code nonsense during dives.

[hashen_chamal]

Me: A Filthy Non American who thought the water being 56 degrees was pretty hot.

[sukapha]

Since its a monthly subscription plan its a hard pass from me as a dive computer. My old D6i can transfer logs to cloud, has wireless pressure sensor and works great. Hate that I cant recharge it. But if I had to upgrade the Garmin Descent would be a far more better choice with pressure sensor, quick sync of logs and add GPS coordinates to dive locations. I have a lot of backup devices like analog pressure gauge but no dive computer backup for now since I dont do tech dives or complex dives.

[intrepidsouls]

I dove it about 50 times, it’s pretty cool and easy to use

[guidobarth]

Thank you for the review! An Apple Watch as a Dive-Computer is very appealing to me.
The size and price tag are a bit large for my taste. Dealbreaker is a subscription fee for an advertised feature!

[Sevenfeet]

At 56 degrees in the pool, I would have gone in with the wetsuit!

I've always wanted an Apple Watch that you can dive with. I've seen lots of criticism that "I'd never trust that thing" or other similar complaints. I'm old enough to remember diving with dive tables, so computers have always been a "nice to have" for me but not required. These days the prices have come down to the point that everyone should have one. One thing about the Oceanic+ app is that it will always get better with future updates. Many dive computers are the same as the day you opened the box. I think auto logging of dives to your log book is a great feature...no need to do any kind of weird syncing. My main problem now is that I already own a stainless Series 7 my wife bought for me last year...and I can't imagine paying another $800 for an upgrade so soon.

[christophS]

I can see using one as a backup computer if you already own the watch but not buying it because of the dive computer feature. And the watch would be handy if one ends up doing a spur of the moment dive with rental equipment without one's own equipment. Most people who end up using this watch as a dive computer will probably dive such simple profiles that the watch if overkill.

[anthonyholland]

Thanks for the review. IMHO, air integration is a must, as is addressing the lock-and-passcode issue.

[garethkershaw]

I’d like to see air integration with a tank pod

[goobfilmcast]

By the end of next year the word of mouth around this watch from the dive community will make this a hit

[ShaiYammanee]

This looks really great for a casual diver.
It also looks like a good backup for more active divers.
I really wish there was a way to have integrated tank monitoring for a live update on my air.
Hopefully, that will come in version 2 of the watch.

These features, plus a lot of the hiking features, makes this very tempting for me.

I’m not a huge fan of the subscription to use the application. I hope other companies will be able to create their own apps that will be able to access all the watch features.

Thanks for a great video

[DominiqueCollier-on]

I bought this watch a couple of days before leaving for a diving holiday. I installed the Oceanic+ app. First dive: fantastic readability ! And the figures were all correct, compared to my Suunto Viper and Suunto Eos. But after 10 minutes, at a depth of 22 meters, the screen showed temperature icon and after another minute went completely dead. After the dive I tried hard reset etc, but it stayed dead. Is back to Apple now. Water temp was 26°C. I'm really anxious to know what their answer's gonna be. Luckily I always dive with 2 "real" Suunto dive computers, so I had my back-up.

[tekspeditionplanet]

I don't do subscription apps. Is there a one-time purchase app that does dive computing?

[marks]

I am a big Apple fan and was eager to see the review. For me, the pluses: bright screen; long battery life; the post-dive data summary with easy integration into other Apple products; more visible warnings than most dive watches; vibration warnings. Cons: Don't want to have my attention absorbed by having to enter a passcode or flip screens during a dive. Overall, I don't dive frequently enough to justify buying the watch. I will continue to rent a standalone dive computer. If I did dive more I would still have an issue with the passcode and the need to rotate the crown. Better to have a press button instead but best of all is no need to engage with the watch at all with my hands.That is something to minimize for any piece of scuba equipment.

[Mrveescuba]

ill stick on my shearwater mate!!!proper divecomputer...ill compare them soon

[krishnaSagar]

I like how you jumped in without all the bs .